3.0.0 3173 2023-01-11T13:33:15Z 2023-01-11T13:33:15Z Senate S 2016-07-13 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-13T14:32:15Z 2016-07-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2016-07-13 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2016-07-13 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2016-07-13 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2016-07-13 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2016-07-13 True Health Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Medicare Health 00 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-16T16:45:17Z EHR Regulatory Relief Act

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to:

  • establish a 90-day reporting period with respect to determining whether an eligible professional or hospital is a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user,
  • allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine that an eligible professional or hospital is a meaningful EHR user if the professional or hospital meets a specified percentage of the applicable measures established by CMS, and
  • extend the applicability of the hardship exception with respect to meaningful EHR use.
]]> EHR Regulatory Relief Act Display Title EHR Regulatory Relief Act Short Titles as Introduced EHR Regulatory Relief Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a 90-day EHR reporting period for the determination of whether an eligible professional or eligible hospital is a meaningful EHR user and to remove the all-or-nothing approach to meaningful use, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3173is/xml/BILLS-114s3173is.xml 2016-07-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.